Water-motor.



No. 755,790.- Y .1 .-ATBNTE11MAR.29, 1904.

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WATER MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1903.

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Patented March 29, 1904.

UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE.

ORLANDO S. NOYES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of lLetters Patent No. 755,790, dated March 29, 1904. Application filed January 8, 1903. Serial No. 138,234. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ORLANDoS. Norris, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Motors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofA reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to water-motors, especialy to that class of Water-motors that are used to operate family washing-machines, and the object of my invention is to so construct the motor and connect it to the lwashing-machine that a small stream of water at a moderate pressure will turn the motor and operate the washing-machine.

vFigure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a part of the motor and the mechanism conveying the power to the washing-machine. Fig. 2 is a partial view of the motor having the top case broken away, showing one of the buckets and the water-inlet connected to a hose leading to a water-supply.

B is a closed cylindrical metal case surrounding the water-wheel of the motor.

C is the shaft or axle of the water-wheel supported on a suitable bearing t, secured on the bottom of cylindrical case B.

D is a metal bucket-carrying disk secured upon the shaft C.

E E are buckets secured to and depending from the under side of the disk D near its outer periphery. The buckets E are made rectangular, with fiat bottoms and iiaring sides and ends, as shown in the drawings.

Oi is a ring-support fastened under the depending buckets E for the double purpose of stiffening the wheel and more securely holding the buckets in position. f,

CZ is the hub or central support of the disk D, 'rigidly attached to the shaft C.

F is the water-inlet pipe connected to the ordinary hydrant or any other convenient water-supply by a screw-nozzle hose d. For

small motors this inlet-pipe at the point where the water is discharged should be about onequarterrof an inch in diameter.

F is the outlet or discharge port directly Y Dl is a deflecting plate or partition secured to the side or bottom of the case B below the buckets E and immediately forward of the discharge-port F', and extending from the bottom of the cylindrical case upwardly and rearwardly, preferably at an angle of about for-tyiive degrees, away from the discharge-port. This deiiecting plate or partition Dl is intended to catch the water as it is discharged from the buckets E and prevent it filling the inside of the cylindrical case B, and thus retarding the motor. Any small quantity of water not caught by the deiiecting-plate D will be forced around the bottom of the case in a circular direction and on its return will flow out of the discharge-port F'.

A is a driving-shaft secured horizontally on top of the case A and revolving in the vertical supports B.

d is a bevel cog-wheel secured on the upper end of the axle C.

b and b2 are beveled cog-wheels loosely secured on the driving-shaft A and meshing into the bevel-wheel ce', as particularly shown in Fig. l. rlhe inner-face of each ofthese two beveled cog-wheels b and b2 is provided with a clutch that iits into clutch b3, movably secured on square section t2 of the part A.

b4 is a lever operating the clutch b2 so as to bring it into engagement withone or the other of beveled wheels b/ or Z22.

A2 is a driving-pulley secured on the outer end of the driving-shaft A.

The buckets E being made with a flat bot tom the water entering through the inlet-pipe will strike squarely and with full force thereon, after which it will be deiiected outwardly against the flaring sides and ends up and down, imparting to the wheel much more IOO power than when the buckets are made in any other shape. When it is desired to run the shaft A' in an opposite direction, the clutch 3 is moved s0 as to engage with the other one of cog-wheels or b2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, isM

l. In a water-motor, the combination with a suitable casing and a vertical shaft journaled therein, of a disk mounted on said shaft, a supporting-ring, and a plurality of rectangular buckets having flat bottoms and aring sides and ends secured between the disk and supporting-ring, whereby the water is caused to strike the flat bottoms of said buckets, and, being deflected outwardly against the flaring sides and ends, imparts increased power to the motor.

2. In a water-motor, the combination of a suitable casing and a vertical shaft journaled therein, of a disk mounted on said shaft, a supporting-ring located beneath said disk, a plurality of rectangular buckets having fiat bottoms and Haring sides and ends and se- 3. In a Water-motor, the combination of a casing B, a suitable inlet-port, an outlet-port directly under the inlet, and adeflecting-plate D secured to the bottom of the casing at the discharge-port and extending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom, of a disk mounted on a vertical shaft, a supporting-ring, and a plurality of rectangular buckets having fiat bottoms and Haring sides and ends, and secured between said disk and supporting-ring, whereby the water is caused to strike the flat bottoms of said buckets, and, being deflected outwardly against the Haring sides and ends, imparts increased power to the motor.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ORLANDO S. NOYES. Witnesses:

THos. D. MowLDs, SAML. H. KIRKPATRICK. 

